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The old story claims that Golden Retriever’s mouth is soft enough to carry an egg without breaking it. This is particularly useful for hunters using a Golden Retrievers to bring back ducks while out in the field. Even though they’re mostly used as family dogs these days and not as hunting dogs, this reputation for having the softest mouth has persisted.
Someone on Twitter decided to test this out the other day and before long the ‘Golden Retriever Egg Challenge’ was born. People are now tweeting videos of their dogs attempting this challenge only it’s not just Golden Retrievers, every type of dog breed is getting in on the action. Some results are better than others. There appears to be an innate understanding for many dogs that these eggs are precious while other dogs just DGAF.
Let’s check out the best of the Golden Retriever Egg Challenge, via Twitter Moments. It all started with this video:
https://twitter.com/Iaurdreyfuss/status/960223475951599616
Then everyone else started getting in on the action:
https://twitter.com/NewtonConner/status/960177952481673217
Donβt try the golden retriever challenge with a Shepard ππ€¦π½ββοΈ pic.twitter.com/6OC2AwSaXN
— Lyndsay reeves (@ReevesLyndsay) February 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/maddysonnnn/status/960645763050086400
https://twitter.com/allyperl/status/960908440976740353
Why aren’t these people testing it out with a hardboiled egg and then seeing whether or not the shell is broken? Doesn’t this seem like the safer way to see if your dog is capable of passing the Golden Retriever Egg Challenge?! Otherwise, you end up with runny egg all over your floor or carpet and nobody wants that.
https://twitter.com/A_Lock1/status/960582313179516929
https://twitter.com/MishMarchitto/status/960732950370422784
https://twitter.com/r_banks5/status/960684884657360896
https://twitter.com/vrleone/status/960676213026148355
I gave my dog an egg and this what he does with itπ (inspired by the retriever and the egg vid): pic.twitter.com/5cnbomdcs6
— π (@John_Cortes98) February 6, 2018
I’ve actually got some hardboiled eggs in the fridge that I mix in with my dog’s dinner (Bernese Mountain Dog). I’m thinking that I’ll give this challenge a shot later and either tweet it on my personal account @casspa or throw it up on the @BroBible Instagram.